Locomotive journal-box



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LOGOMOTIVE JOURNAL BOX. No. 394,988. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

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LOGOMOTIVE JOURNAL BOX.

No. 394,988. Patented Dec. 25,1888.

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INITED STATES ERNST MESEKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOCOMOTIVE JOURNAL-Box] SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,988, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed July 13, 1883. Serial No. 279,860. (No model.)

T0 (6 11/71/0722 it may concern Be it known that I, ERNST MESEKE, of Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Locomotive J onrnal-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make and use the same, reference being .had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a means for compensating for the wear of the upper brass or hearing and keeping the space formed underneath the axle by reason of such wear closed up, thus excluding dust and dirt and preventing the lubricating material from working out.

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section In plane 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section .in plane 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation of the inner end; Fig. 4, an elevation of the outer end next the truck-wheels, and Fig. a sectional detail of construction.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent the axle-box frame; B, the oil-box; C, the axle, and I) the journal-ln-ass. The inner sides of the box-frame is provided with a number of horizontal rectangular grooves, a, the oil-box I; having corresponding edges, a, which engage with said grooves, whereby said oil-box is removably retained in place. The box-frame A may be attached to the engineframe in any suitable manner, the transverse clamping-rod. a serving to lock the oil-box and box-frame firmly together.

The inner end of the oil-box is provided with the downwardly-projecting part E,having the chamber (F, in which is inserted the slide or plate a, adapted to have a vertical adjustment therein. The bolts a serve to retain the slide at any point to which it maybe set.

The lug a on the slide provides a means whereby the same may be raised upward closely against the under side of the axle, so as to keep the space usually formed by the gradual wearing away of the brass closed up, and thereby excluding the dust and dirt from the oil-chamber, and at the same time preventing the cotton waste or other oil absorbent that may be used from working out.

A companion slide, 1), is placed inside of and at the opposite end of the oil-box. This slide conforms to the shape of the box, and when at its lowest position rests upon the bottom of the inclosing-box instead of passing below the same, as does the space-closing slide-at the opposite end. cured in place by means of two headless screwbolts, 1) IF. (See Figs. 1,4, and The outer ends of these bolts are of a greater diameter than the inner ends, and have a left-handed screw-threaded engagement in the end of the oil-box, so that they pass inward when turned to the left. The opposite or inner ends of these bolts have a right-handed screw-thread and engage with the clamping-nuts b 11 bearing against the inner side of the slide 1), as shown in Figs. '1. and 5. Now, when these bolts are turned to the left, the clamping-nuts are moved away from contact with the slide 1), so that the same may be raised orlowered as required, and when turned in the opposite direction the slide is clamped in place. The outer ends of these bolts do not project beyond the surface in which they are inserted, and are provided with the slots 1) for the reception of the point of a screwdriver or other suitable instrument for turning said bolts. One-half a turn of the bolts in either direction is all that is required. The necessity for this peculiar construction and arrangement arises from the fact that there is but little room or space between this end of the journal-box and the truck-Wheels.

The slide 1) is provided with elongated slots 01 where the bolts 1) b pass through, to permit of a free vertical movement. d is a strip of leather inserted between the end of the joure nal and oil box and the slide 1), so as to provide a firm holding ground and prevent the slide from being shifted by the jar of the engine, as it is not possible to set up the bolts as tight at this end as at the other, where there is more room.

The upper edges of the companion slides are cut away on a circle to conform to the contour of the axle. The inner end of the oil-box is cut away to a greater depth than at the opposite end, for the reason that the cotton waste is inserted and removed at this point, the projecting part E providing for the use of a longer slide, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what The slide 1) is adjustably se I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a locomotive journal'box, the combination, with the axle-box provided with rectangular grooves, as described, of the oil-box B, having corresponding edges engaging with said grooves and provided with the downwardly-prejecting and chambered part E, the elam iing or looking rod looking said parts together, the verticall y-ad j ustable slide (0, and

'the means described for retaining said slide in the position to which it is adjusted, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the oil-box and the truck-axle, oi the adjustable slide Z), the 

